Agricultural implement.



A. SOHLOEMER. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR.20.'1911.

1,019,370, Patented Mar.5, 1912.

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I ANDREW SCH'LOEMER, OF WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar, 5, 1912'.

Application filed March so, 1911. Serial'fib. 615,565. 1 I

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, ANDREW SCHLOEMER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of" West Allis, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented cer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Agricultural Implements; and I do hereby 'declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical truck-supported plow of the double end variety whereby turning at the end of a furrow is eliminated resulting in a material increase, of work performed in a given time, the truckbeing self-propelled. The construction and arrangement of the plow is such that a pair of plows of any type have their oppositely disposed draft ends fulcrumed to a centrally disposed reach carried by the frame, the plow-beams being independently raised conhangers that are in crank-shafts being actuated by lever-controll d chain and sprocket gears whereby a plan view of the raising and lowering of the same are facilitated.

With the above-object in view my inven-' tion consists in what is herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure .1 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of a machine embodying the features of my inventoward the land side; Fig. 2, the same with parts broken away and in section; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view of the machine, the section being taken across the machine at approximately the point of the crank-shaft constituting the raising and lowering mechanism looking from the rear, said. machine being shown in its working position with the furrow wheels seated within the last furrow cut, the ow which follows the traction wheels be ng shown in its working position and arranged'to fold the slice into the last furrow out just rearward of the furrow wheel; Fig. 4, a detail cross-section as indicated by line 4-4 of Fig. 2, the section illustrating the counter-shaft and reverse mechanism; Fig. 5, a detailed cross-sectional view-of the machine, theplane of the section, looking tion being generally indicated by line 5-5 of Fig. 1, said view showing the steering mechanism and its connected parts withthe plow-beam removed and its hanger connec 'tion to the crank-shaft broken away and in section; Fig. 6, a detailed sectional view of the adjusting mechanism for the laud-side steering wheel, as indicated by line 66 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 a detailed sectional view of the furrow side steering wheel frame connection the section being indicated by line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

Referring by characters to the drawings,- 1 represents a rectangular truck frame pro-- vided with cross girders 2, 2, and 3, 3', which frame is supported by a pair of traction wheels 4, 4, and a pair of steering wheels 5, 5'.. In practice it is desired to make provision for adjusting the wheels at the land side of the machine in order to maintain the same upon a level in its roadtraversing and working position and with this in view the traction and steering wheels upon the land side of the machine are shown carried by adjustable elbow levers 6 and 7 respectively, the elbow lever 6 being fulcrumed to a bracket 8 that is secured to the adjacent side-bar of the truck-frame. One arm of the elbow lever carries a stud 9, upon which is loosely mounted the traction wheel .4, while the opposite arm 6 extends upwardly and forms a hand-lever having the usual locking detent that engages notches in a sector extension of the bracket.

The elbow lever arm 6 isconnected by a link 10 to one arm of the second elbow lever? that is fulcrumed in a bracket 12,, which bracket is secured to the side bar of a truck frame at the steering wheel end thereof. The other arm 11 of lever 7 terminates with spanner ears, between which cars is fulcrumed a knuckle 13 having a stud 13' upon which is journaled the steering wheel ,5, the knuckle being always maintained i an a proximately vertical plane, whereby t e steering wheel is prevented from buckling. Thus when lever-arm 6 -'is manipulated, the connected land side wheels' may e raised or lowered to their working .orroad-traveling positions, Fig. 3, that the the last furrow cut a lower lane than the land side wheels, the plow being offset from said furrow wheels furrow wheels travel a distance equal to the width of cut,"whereit being understood, as shown in;

and are therefore upon by the slice is folded over into the last furrow cut rearwardly of the traction or steering wheel depending upon the direction of travel of the machine.

*A knuckle 13" similar to that just dein connection with the adjustable steering wheel is provided for the land side steering wheel, which] knuckle is rigidly swiveled between ears ofa bracket 14 that is secured to the truck-frame.

- "Arms 1 5, 15', of'the knuckles 13 and 13' are connectedby a'link 16, which linkiis provided with a stud .17 that engages the slotted end of the steering lever 18, the loose connection between the; link and steering; lever being provided to permit the land side wheel to be raised-,and lowered without disconnectingsaid steering mechanism from-.- the steerin lever, it being understood: as" shown in ig." 1, that the steering lever is f'ulcrumedto a stud carried by the cross-I girder 3'. By this arrangement it is: ap-. parent that the steering lever being under hand-control the machine may be guided by 1' moving the same one way or the other, whereby the knuckles carrying the steering wheels will be deflected accordingl The furrow side traction wheel is rig1 ly connected'to the frame by means of a bracket 19, which bracket carries a stud-axle 19", the

. land side wheel being mounted thereon.

Power is impar'tedto' the traction-wheels from an engine 29 to a counter-shafti20 throu h reverse bevel gear-wheels 23, 23' carrie l thereby and adapted to mesh with a pinion 25 on the engine shaft 26, the beveled gear-wheels being shifted by clutch mechanism 24. The countershaft 20 carries sprocket-wheels 21 that are in link belt connection with sprocket-wheels 22 .of said traction wheels, and under control of a clutch 21 that is mounted upon said counter+shaft all of which construction forms no part of my invention, it bein that the engine is also'provi ed with the usualclutch mechanism 26 under .control of a lever 28 andrthatthecounter-shaftgis jonrnaled in bearings 20", 20" that are secured to the side bars of the frame.

' from the era A transversely disposed crankshaft 30 is journaled in bearings carried by the truckframe injuxta osition .tothe traction-wheel,

. portion of which -shaft is suspended a hanger 31 provided with a pair of spaced anti-friction rollers, for the'support of-and betweenwhicha plow beam 32 extends, the same having sliding engage- I ment with said ban 1', the draft end of the plow-beam is hinge between members of a strap 33, which strap forms part of a reach '34, threach rigidly secured to the v 3, as best'shown in Fig.

cross-girders 2' an 1. The plow-beam carries any desired type of plow 35," which-plow'is disposed. just rearunderstood working position, folds the soil slice into the last furrow out following saidtraction wheel, it being understood that this plow is of the right hand variety. The plow is held in its working posit-ion by the crank-shaft and hanger.3l and is raised and lowered by sprocket-wheel 36 that is fast upon one end of said shaft and in belt-gear connection with a larger sprocket wheel 38, the latter bein secured upon a stud that is journaled ,in 'a racket 39 havinga projecting toothed sector for'engagementwith a detentearried ,bya hand-lever 40. By this car connection between the crank-shaft an hand-lever, a "slight movement. of the same will be sufliing br carrying position the same being locked in either position by the detent, Ow-

hanger and plow beam it is apparent plows are ra'ised the hangers move rearward or toward the plows and away from the fulcrum point of the beam, hence the power to gagement with the'ha-nd-lever detent.

A crank-shaftBO" similar to the crank 30 just described {is journaledin bearings in juxtaposition to the steering wheels. This crank-shaftcarries a hanger 31 and plowbeam 32' 'with its accompanying plow 35', the plow-beam being conn'cted .to a stra 33" of the reach 34. The crank-shaft 30 is raised and lowered in a similar manner to shaft 30 havin that is in linkit connection with a larger sprocket-wheel 38' under control of a-handlever 40'- Thus it will be understood that this plow can be raised or lowered independent of the oppositely disposed plow 35, the plow 35' being of. the left-hand variety. Attention is called to the fact that the sprocket-wheels 36, 36', are secured to ends of the shafts 30, 30', andthe crank'portions shafts. Hence the relative pos'tions of the wardly of the traction wheel. being and sprocketwheels serv to bal nce fofi set inwardly therefrom and when in its fcient to raise or lower the plow to its work ing to the sliding connection between the that the point of lift varies and when saidlift the load is reduced and at the same time In order to regulate the draft of the plow may be varied by providing a series of notches in the sector of bracket 39 for ena partial rotation of said crank-shaft, which rotation is imparted thereto by a small that described in connection with the cranka small sprocket-wheel 36.

are formed upon the opposite ends of said the load, the weight of the plows being a. ranged upon ends of these crank-shafts while the lifting power is applied through the sprocket-wheels upon theoppo'site ends of sand shafts. p

- From the foregoing description with reference to Fig. 1, it will be seenthat when the g sitelfy "dra t ends hinged to the reach, the plowmachine is running in the direction indicated to perform its function as a plow that. it is not necessary to-turn the same at the end of -'a furrow, but .the plow 35 can be raised by the driver from his seated position .upon the machine and-the plow 35' is then lowered to its working position,.the shift- I will start bac ward u on its next cut, thus lever 24 be' then reversed, the machine economizing-time an eliminating the inconvenience in turning and mampulating the plow so as to aline thesame for the next glowing operation. Furthermore it should understood that, while theilength of the machine will prevent the o erator from plowing up to a road or'fence t at this space .is thereafter plowed at a right angle to the furrows cut in the'rcmainder ofthe field.

' While I have shown the machine as being equipped with single plows with their points towardeach other, it is obvious that a gang offlsuch plows at either end of the machine may be attached thereto and that for the a same, any other form of agricultural implements such as a cultivator or the like may.

be used, and, as indicated by dotted lines in Fi 1, the reach 34 is provided with a soc 'et' 34 for. the rece tion of a suitable road scra' er blade whic may be adjustablyconneete thereto,"it being understood that the blade should be disposed at an'angle to the draft.

I claim:

A plow comprising a truck, cross-girders carried by the truck, a cent-rally disposed reach connecting. the cross-girders, oppodisposed plow-beams having their beams being'in juxtaposition to the furrow side of the truck, a right hand plow carried b one plow-beam and a left-hand plow carrled by the opposite plow-beam, crankshafts journaled at opposite ends of the truck-frame, the crankportion of said shafts being in juxtaposition to the furrow side of the truck, hangers suspended from the cranked portion of 'said crank-shafts, upper and lower anti-friction rollers carried by the hangers for sliding engagement with the plow-beams, independent hand-levers mounted upon the. frame, means for locking the hand levers in different positions,'a gearwheel connected to each hand lever, a gearwheel connected to each crankshaft in juxtaposition to the land side of said truck, and link-belts connecting the pairs of gearwheels whereby independent adjustment of the plows may be had through their respective crank-shafts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two Witnesses.

, ANDREW SCHLOEMER.

Witnessesz.

Gno; W. YOUNG, MAY Downer.

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